Attachment for horseshoes.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS A. FIAGUIRE, OF NEW YORK, N.'Y.

ATTACHMENT FOR HORSESHOES.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS A. MAGUIRE, a. citizen of the United States,and a resident of New York, county and State of New York, have inventeda certain new and usewhen the animal is smooth shod so as to be used inemergency whereby the necessity for rough shoeing the animal may beobviated. This is accomplished mainly by providing a supporting memberhaving a plurality of pivotally connected arms adapted to be relativelyadjusted to and from each other so as to be fitted between the arms ofhorse shoes of various sizes and upon the ends of the bars are providedcalks to prevent the animal from slipping when in use.

Another object of the invention is to provide a holding plate alsoadapted to be applied to the horse shoe; and a further object of theinvention is to provide a locking element which serves to force the armsof the supporting member into engagement with the horse shoes as well asholding the device thereto against accidental displacement.

i/Vith these and other objects in View the invention will be hereinaftermore particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawing,which forms a part of this specification, and will then be pointed outin the claims at the end of the description. On the drawing, Figure 1 isan inverted plan of a horse shoe with one form of attachment embodyingmy invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a section taken on the lineII-II of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of two of the arms of thesupporting member employed in the device. Fig. 4 is a top plan of twoother arms of the supporting member used in the device, and Fig. 5 is anedge view of the transverse bar used in conjunction with the lockingelement of the dev1ce.

The attachment, or device may be used in Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed April 8, 1913.

Patented Nov. 17, 1914. Serial No. 759,709.

conjunction with the usual, or any preferred form of horse shoe, as 10,but is adapted to be applied preferably to forms of shoes which are freefrom calks when fitted upon the boots of an animal so as to be employed111 emergency to permit the animal to travel safely upon slipperyhighways, and said attachment is provided with a supporting member 11.

The supporting member 11 has two circular plates 12 and 13, and fromdiametrically opposite parts of the periphery of each of said plates areprojecting arms, as 14, 15, 16 and 17 whereby the arms are disposedradially with respect to the axial center of the plates. The plates 12and 13 are pivotally connected, at 16, for permitting the arms to berelatively moved angularly so as to be adjusted in directions to andfrom each other whereby the supporting member may be detachably fittedbetween the arms of horse shoes of various sizes. Serving to permit thesupporting member 11 to be detachably connected to a horse shoe,transversely of the free end of each of the arms is a recess, as 18. Inthe recesses 18 are received the inner edges of the arms of the horseshoe when the device is fitted thereto, as shown in Fig. 1, and upon theexposed surface of each of the arms of the supporting member at the freeend thereof is provided a calk 19. The calks 19 may be of the usual, orany preferred shapes to extend a suitabledistance from the horse shoefor being adapted to penetrate a slippery surface so that the aninfalmay secure a firm foothold when trave mg.

Adaptedto be detachably applied to the toe portion of the horse shoe isa transverse holding bar 20. and crosswise of the free ends of saidholding bar are recesses 21. and 21 for reception of the inner edge ofthe shoe so that said holding bar may be held thereto. Also upon theexposed surface of the holding bar 20 at the free ends thereof areprovided calks, as 22 and 22, and through the central part of said baris an aperture 23.

Longitudinally of the arms 15 and 17 of the supporting member 11 areelongated slots 24; and 25, and longitudinally through the edges of saidarms are similar elongated slots 26 and 27, each of which communimicewith one of the slots 2-1 and 25. For the purpose of adjustably movingin unison the arms 14, 15, 16, 17 0f the. supporting member as well asthe holding bar 20 into close engagement with the shoe and securingthese parts thereto against accidental displacement, I provide a lockingelement,

The locking element 28 has a transverse bar 29, and each of the ends ofsaid bar is movably inserted in one of the elongated slots 26 and 27.Through an opening in each end of the bar 29 is held a pin 33, and eachof said pins is of sufficient length so that its ends are movably guidedinto one of the elongated slots 2% and 25 of the arms 15 and 17. Throughthe central part of the transverse bar 29 is an aperture 3 2 which is inregister with the aperture 23 of the holding bar 20, and freely movablein both of said apertures is a threaded rod having a collar as 36, onone end thereof. Upon the rod 35 and between the bars 20 and 29 arescrewed two adjusting nuts 37 and 38 with right and left hand threads,respectively. When the attachment or device is applied to a horse shoethe holding bar 20 is arranged between the arms of the shoe so that theinner edge of the front portions thereof will be receivedin the recesses21 and 21 of this bar. The supporting member 11 is then arranged betweenthe arms of the shoe so that the inner edges thereof will be inserted inthe recesses 18 of the arms 14, 15, 16, 17, and the end of the threadedrod 35 opposite to its collar 36 is guided through the aperture 23 ofthe holding bar 20. By rotating the adjusting nut 37 upon the rod 35 thetransverse bar .29 will be moved toward the plates 12 and 13 of thesupporting member 11, and the arms 14:, 15, 16, 17 will be carried bythe rod 35in the opposite direction when the nut 38 is suitablypositioned upon the rod to bear against the bar 29, but only when thebar 20 bears against the toe of the shoe. After the parts are partiallyadjusted by the proper adjustment of the two' nuts 37 and 38, on theright and left hand threads of the rod 35, then it will be seen that bya slight movement of either of said nuts the parts may be rigidly lockedin position.

In the foregoing description, I have embodied the preferred form of myinvention, but I do not wish to be understood as limiting myselfthereto, as I am aware that modifications may be made therein withoutdeparting from the principle, or sacrificing any of the advantages ofthis invention, therefore I reserve to myself the right to make Qantas Mthis patent may he obtained for five cents each, by addressing; theCommissioner of Patjmta.

Washington, D. (3. Y

such changes as fairly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. In a device of the character described, adapted tobe removably applied to a horse shoe, two plates, each having twodiametrically opposed arms thereon, the central portions thereofpivotally connected whereby all of the-arms may be relatively movedangularly so as to be disposed between the arms of the horse shoe, eachofthe arms having a transverse recess in its free end for reception ofthe inner edge of the shoe, and each of said arms being provided with acalk, a transverse bar adapted to be disposed between the arms of theshoe, said bar having transverse recesses in its ends for reception ofthe inner edge of the shoe, and means adapted to simultaneously move thetransverse bar and all of said arms so thatthe inner edge of the shoewill be received in the recesses thereof and lock said arms and thetransverse bar thereto. 1 j

2. In a device of the character described, adapted to'be removablyapplied to a horse shoe, two plates, each having two diametricallyopposed arms thereon, the central portions thereof pivotally connectedwhereby all of the arms may be relatively moved angularly so as to bedisposed between the arms of a horse shoe, each of the arms beingprovided with a calk, and each of saidarms having a recess in its freeends for reception of the inner edge of the shoe, a transverse baradapted to be disposed between the arms of the shoe, said bar havingtransverse recesses in its ends for reception of the inner edge of theshoe and said transverse bar also being provided with calks, a secondbar having its ends slidably pivoted to two of the opposed arms, athreaded rod rotatably held to each of said bars, and nuts rotatableupon ioo thethreaded rod and adapted when adjusted to simultaneouslymove the transverse bar and the second bar for adjusting all of the armsso that the inner edge of the shoe will be received in the recesses ofthe transverse bar and said arms, whereby the device may be detachablysecured to the shoe. I

This specification signed and witnessed this seventh day of April A..D.1913.

THOMAS A. MAGUIRE.

Witnesses v R0131. B. ABBOTT,

M. DERMODY.

